NOVELLAR, PROEMIO

"Human thing is to have compassion for the afflicted ..."
SO BEGINS THE BOOK CALLED DECAMERON, surnamed PRENCIPE GALEOTTO, IN WHICH CONTAIN NOVELLE IN TEN PERCENT OF 'SAID BY SEVEN WOMEN AND THREE YOUNG MEN ..
"... But yes as it pleased Him who, since He is infinite, gave incommutabile by law in all worldly things come to an end ..."